Box-necking machine.



M. 1. M|LM0E a F. B. 'REDINGTOM BOX NECKING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED JAN. I6. I9I3.

Patented. Oct. 22, I918.

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BOX NECKING MACHINE.

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Patented Oct. 22, 1918.

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BOX NEGKiNG MACHINE.

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MICHAEL J. MILMOE AND FRANK B. REDINGTON, F CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNORS TO W. C. RITCIIIE & COMPANY, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, A CORPORATION OF ILLINOIS.

BOX-NECKING MACHINE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Oct. 22, 1918.

Application filed January 16, 1913. Serial No. 742,370.

- and F Rxxx B, REDINGTON, citizens of the securing the ends together, and the insertion United States, residing at Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvement-s in Box-Necking Machines, of which the following is a specication.

In the manufacture of paste board boxes of that two part type comprising a boxl body and a cover it is usual to provide the body portion with a projecting flange adapted to engage within the cover portion and which is commonly known as a neck, The neck usually consists of a card board strip seated within and extending around 'the walls' of a box and secured in place by being pasted to the box walls, While as a finish this card board foundation strip is ordinarily covered on the exposed side with a plain or decorative finishing strip of paper which overlaps the projectingedgeof the foundation strip and extends down between the neck and the box Wall.

rl`his invention has for its object the provision in box making machines of automatic mechanism for the manufacture and insertion of the box neck, including the forming of the card board foundation strip from a web of paste board, the scoring of the same to facilitate a sharp bending at the corners, the pasting of thefinishing strip thereon, the bending of this duplex strip and and pasting of the resultant neck within'the hox,-said mechanism requiring no atten-4 tion other thanl to see that an unbroken supply of paper, cardboard and boxes is main-` tained.

In order that the invention may be readily understood by those skilled in the arts we have in the accompanying drawings and in the following detailed description based thereon set forth a preferred embodiment of the invention. it being understood that as the construction is capable of modification within Wide limits Without departure from the essence of the invention, the drawings and description arexto be considered in an illustrative sense only and not as limiting the invention other than as may be necessary to sustain the claims in view of the priorart.- ln the drawings:

Figure 1 is al front elevation of a box necking machine constructed according to this invention;

Fig. 2 is a top plan view of the same; I Fig. 3 is a horizontal section on the line 3 3 of Fig. 1;.

Fig. 4 is a fragmentary View showing the box discharge chute in side elevation;

Figs. 5, 6, 7, 8, 10, l1, 12 and 13 are vertical sections taken on the respective lines indicated in Fig. 1, the housmg over spring 51 in Fig. 1 being omitted in Figs. 6 and 10;

Fig. 9 is a fragmentary enlarged 'section through the covering-paper folding mechamsm;

Fig. 14 is a vertical section taken on the haelt-14 of Fig. 2;

'Fig 15- is a horizontal sectiontaken on the line 15-15 of Fig. 1;

Fig. 16 is a vertical section taken on the' line 16-16 of Fig. 2; i

Fig. 17 is a transverse section through the head of the neck former showing the folding .mechanism in full size detail;

Fig. 18 is a perspective view of the coin-v pleted box; and

Figs 19, 20, 21, and 22 arelongitudinal sections through the neck former and they adjacent end of the discharge chute illustrating successive stages of operation.

As illustrated, the machmeis shown as composed of a frame 11 supporting a table 12 upon which the various portions of the mechanism are mounted. Suitably journaled within the' machine frame is a main drive shaftI 13 driven by means of a pulley 14 and having mounted thereon a hand wheelY 15' which also sei-'ves as a Hy Wheel, the

drive pulley 1-1 being coupled and uncoupled from the drive shaft 13 by means of any suitable clutch mechanism, indicated at 16, and operable by means of the hand lever 17 and the treadle 18. The pinion 19 mounted upon the drive shaft 13 is in mesh with a larger' pinion 20 fixed upon the counter shaft 21, likewise journaled in the frame in parallel relation to the main shaft 13; While a bevel pinion 22 carried by the main shaft-13 is in mesh with a bevel pinion 22a fixed upon the cross shaft 23.

A card board supply spool 24 (Fi s. 1 and 2) is lmounted to rotate within brac et arms asl 25, 25 supported by the table 12, upon which spool the web 26 ot' card board is ledbetween teed rolls 27 and 23 t3) and by the latter ted beneath a scoring roll 29 provided at spaced intervals with .three scoring ribs 30. rlhese scoring ribs may have, as illustrated, a cutting edge :tor scoring by compression, or they may be provided with chisel like edges tor scoring by cutting a groove in the paste board. rl`he feed rolls 27, 23 are intermittently driven and to an equal degree (Fig. 5) by intermeshing spur wheels 3l, 32 mount-ed upon the ends ot the rolls, the latter being` likewise provided with a ratchet wheel 33 engaged by a pawl 3i pivoted to a pawl arm 35 mounted on the roll axle and connected at 36 to a lever 'irm 37 biturcated in its lower portion and taking over the shaft 2l, the reciprocation ot the lever 37 to actuate the feed rolls being efect ed by means ot the engagement ot a cam roll 38 carried by said lever within the cam groove 39 of the cam e() mounted upon the counter shaft 2l, it being readily understood Ythat the feed rolls 27 and 28 will be intermittently driven to the extent of a certain fraction of a complete rotation upon each revolution ot the cam 40. Upon the opposite end of the feed roll 28 is mounted a spur wheel 4l (Fig. l0) which is in mesh with a spur wheel e2 carried by the scoring roll 29 whereby the scoring roll is likewise intermittently driven simultaneously with the driving 01"' the feed rolls but at a greater peripheral speed. ln order to maintain a yieldin trictional pressure upon the web 26 of car board the upper feed roll 27 is subjected to the action of a compression spring 4:3 bearing upwardly upon the top plate de of the housing tor said rolls. lt will be observed that, the feed rolls 27 and 28 and likewise the scoring roll 29 are mounted at a slight inclination to the horizontal so that the web 25 as it is fed between the feed rolls and beneath the scoring roll also travels in a plane inclined to the horizontal for a reason hereafter to be explained.

immediately in front of the scoring roll 29 is mounted a cutting mechanism in the form of shears (Figs. 5, ti, lO) comprising a yoke shaped head suitably guided against angular movement and attached to a plunger rod i6 which is guided within the ripper and lower portions i7 and e8 respectively of the yoke, a collar e9 being pinned at 50 upon the plunger rod and a coil spring 5l being disposed about the rod below the collar. said spring bearing above upon the collar and below upon the lower member 48 ot' the yoke. A cap piece 52 suitably secured to the member47 ot the yoke overlies the upper end of the plunger rod a6. The lower end of the plunger rod is bifurcated and takes over the counter shaft 21 whereby lateral movement of the rod is prevented, a vertical reciprocatory movement being imreadme parted thereto by the engagement ot a cam roll 53 carried by said rod and traveling within a cam groove 5e ot the cam 55 fixed upon the shaft 21. Upon the head e5 and moving therewith is fixed a rcciprocatory blade 56 the lower face of which is substantially lush with the lower tace of the head and presenting a cutting edge coacting with the stationary blade 57. T he lower face and edge of the reciprocatory blade 5G is substantially horizontal viewed longitudinally of said web, whereas thc upper tace and cutting edge of the stationary blade 57 is inclined to the horizontal to correspond to the inclination of the feed rolls. the scoring roll, and the web,` whereby the web fed to said shears is subjected to a drawingcut, as will be readily understood. The movable blade of the shears being actuated in timed relation to and immediately following the actuation of the feed rolls the web of cardboard will have severed therefrom a strip corresponding in width to the amount of travel ot the web through the rolls, the severed strip 58 dropping therefrom, as indicated in Fig. 6, to a position within the channel 59 below and in front of the knives.

Between the standards (30 supported by tho bracket 6l is mounted a tape supply spool G2 from which the finishing strip in the form of a tape 63 is led over the glue roll 6l, rotatably journaled in the standards 65 so as to rotate within a bath (36 of glue. which is advantageously heated in any approved manner, as for instance by a gas jet located thereunder. From the glue roll the tape is led beneath a friction guide roll 67 and around a second guide. roll 68 and thence to the channel 59 beneath and in front of the shears so that the card board strip 58 drops thereon as it is severed from the web, the adhesive-coated tace of the tape being uppermost as it lies within the channel and coming in Contact with the strip ot cardboard which falls thereon.

it will be noted (Fig. 6), as previously stated, that the lower face ot the head 45 adjacent the knife 56 and also the lower 'face of the said knife present a substantially plane surface and these `parts constitute in eect a movable die member between which and the bottom of the channel 59, as a stationary die member, the severed card board strip coinpressed upon the underlying paper strip as the head 45 reaches the lower ,limit of its stroke whereby the foundation or body card board strip and the finishing paper strip are 16) which is in mesh with a toothed rack 75 formed upon the lower edge of a carrier 76 provided upon its upper edge with a shoulder 77. The carrier 76 is mounted for hor1- zontal reciprocating movement in a slot beneath the channel 59 (Fig. 6) immediately in front ofthe stationary knife 57 and below the rear edge of the strip 58 with the end of which the shoulder or lug 77 is adapted to engage (Fig. 16) as the carrier advances.

The shaft 78 is alternately rotated in opposite directions by means of a pinion 78 (Fig. 14) fixed thereon and in mesh with a toothed sector 79 carried by the lever 80 pivoted at 81 and actuated by means of a cam roll 82 carried thereby and traveling within a cam groove 83 of the cam 84 iXed upon the cross shaft 28. This rotation of the shaft 78 in opposite directions alternately serves, by means of the pinion 74, as will be obvious. to reciprocate the carrier 76 to and fro within the recess 59 whereby it will be understood that the tape 63 by reason of its attachment to the card board strip 58, is advanced with the said card board strip intermittently causing the same to be drawn at intervals over the glue roll 64, its intermittent travel corresponding in time and substantially in distance to the forward travel of the carrier.

Because of the frail nature of the tape 63 when inoistened with the glue. and also in ordcrto insure a uniform distribution of the adhesive upon the tape, I provide for the driving of the glue roll in synchronism with the advance movement of the carrier and at a peripheral speed corresponding substantially to that of the movement of the tape, but advantageously, at a very slightly slower speed in order to compensate for the stretching of the moist tape. To provide for the intermittent rotation of the glue roll in a forward direction timed to correspond to the forward movement of the carrier and permitting the glue roll to remain stationary during the return movement of the carrier a ratchet wheel 85 (Figs. 1 and 14) is fixed upon the shaft 73 contiguous to the grooved pulley 72 and a pawl 86 pivoted to the face of the pulley 72 at 87 is held in yielding engagement with the ratchet 85 by means of a spring 88 whereby upon the movement of thesector 79 in one direction the 'pulleyff'Q is caused to artake of the rotation imparted to the ratchet 85 and upon the movement of the sector in the opposite direction the pawl 86 rides over the teeth of the ratchet and the pulley 72 remains stationary.

As the card board strip or body blank is advanced by the carrier from its position be- :neath the shears taking with it the tape to which it is fixed it comes to rest substantially in the position shown in Fig. 16. It is desired to sever this tape portion upon a diagonal line so as to leave a paper tab projecting from the rear end of the strip. To accomplish this purpose a revolving blade 89 is arranged to ceperate with the forward end 90 of the bottom of the channel 59 (Figs. 1, 2, 10 and 15). The blade 89 is removably fixed within a dis; 91 of a shaft 92, journaled within the bearings 98 and carrying a bevel ear 94C in mesh with a similar gear 95 carried by the vertical shaft 96 suitably journaled in the machine frame and having iXed upon its lower end a bevel gear 97 in mesh with a similar gear 98 fixed upon the counter shaft 21. The revolution of the blade 89 being timed to correspond to the reciprocation of the carrier, the paper strip is severed after the duplex strip composed of a foundation strip of card board and a nishing stri of paper is released by the shoulder othe carrier and during the return stroke of the carrier, any retrograde movement of the strip of tape being prevented by the dog 99 pivoted at 1007 and bearing frictionally at an incline upon the tape as it rests within the channel.

rThe carrier having returned to its rearmost position, the shears are actuated to sever another strip of cardboard. As the card board strip drops upon the tape within the channel beneath the shears it will be seen from an inspection of Fig. 6 that the two are not in register vertically, the rearlongitudinal edge of the card board strip extending beyond t-he'rear or corresponding edge of the finishing strip and the front edge of the latter extending beyond the front edge of the former7 these positionsbeing assured by the gage plate 59a. This provides for the shoulder or lug of the carrier engaging the end of the card board strip at onel side of the paper strip and also leaves a projecting edge of the paper strip to be heninied or folded over the front edge of the card board strip and back on to the upper face of the saine as a binding. This folding of the finishing strip over the edge of the foundation strip is effected during the passage of the duplex strip through a longitudinally channeled hemming member 101, the front wall 102 of which is curved upwardly and to the rear upon a lprogressive spiral (Figs. 9, 15 and 16) somewhat similar to thc hennner of a sewing machine, whereby as the strip passes through the same the projecting edge of the finishing strip is progressively turned upward and then to the rear and downward upon the upper face of the foundation strip to which it is caused to adhere by the adhesive applied bvv the roll 61, the two strips bcing pressed -into intimate contact by the overhanging member 1015*7 said member pressing downward thereon. The lower wall of the hemming device 101 is cut away to provide a longitudinal slot 103 in alinement with the path of the carrier 76 so that during the passage of the duplex strip through the hei niing device the rear margin of the of which the two shafts are driven through 65 foun ation strip, which is not covered by the the sprocket chain 131 from av sprocket 132 finishing strip, ovcrhangs said slot. carried by the cross shaft 23. 1t will be seen f1 second bath 101 of adhesive and preferthat the forward end of the duplex strip s ably a paste, is located beneath the heminiiig rests stationary upon t-lie fiiction roll 12;l

device, and within such bath is mounted to during the time that the cut away portion of 7G rotate ig. 3) a paste roll 1,05 upon a shaft the cam 121 passes t-hereover and that as 10S, said shaft 10G being detachably coupled soon as the cani portion 121n reaches a posito a driven shaft 107 by means of coacting tion ppposite the roll 125 the end of the duin ratchet faces formed upon the two disks 103, pleaY strip gripped between the two rolls 109. The shaft 107 is driven by means of a 121 and 125 and is fed forward thereby, be- 75 sprocket wheel 110 through a sprocket chain ing at the same tinieconipiessed soas to in- 111 from a sprocket 112 fixed upon the counsure. intimate contactl of the overlapping ter shaft 23. nEhe paste bath 101 is held in portions of the iinishing and foundation p ace with its driven disk 103 in engagement strips. r1`he extent of the cani face 121i* is with the driving disk 109 by means of a set sufficient to cause the same to feed the du- 50 screw 113 threaded in the bracket arm 111L pleX strip forward a distance corresponding and engaging the concave upper face of a to the travel ofthe carrier sothat as another standard 115 which may be formed integral strip is advanced to the position shown in in with the paste bath. Upon the loosening of Fig. 16 the hemmed and pasted strip is adthe screw 113 the bath can be readily revanced a corresponding distance and deposg5 moved from beneath the bracket arm and its ited within the shifter 133 with its forward' shaft 10G uncoupled from the shaft. 107. end resting upon the ledge 131 upon the upl ear one edge .of the paste bath is pivoted per end of a standard 135.

a rock shaft 110 (lfigs. 11 and 15) provided 'l'he shifter 133 is carried by a reciprowith a laterally extending bifurcated plate eating shaft 130 guided for horizontal moveon 111 which embraces the paste roll 105.,i the nient and actuated by means of a lever 137 edges of the plate lying sufliciently close to pinned at 138 to the shaft 13G, the said lever the side faces of the roll to remove the adhe 13'? fulcrumed at 139 and actuated by the sive which would otherwise be carried upengagement of a roll L10 carried by its lower ward during the rotation of the roll, while end and engaging within a cam groove the web of the plate is held at a greater or less distance from the edge face of the roll by the degree to which the shaft 116 is rocked, such adjustment of the plate with reference to the paste roll being obtainedv by providing the front end of the shaft with an arm 113 which is in threaded engagement with a set screw 119 swiveled in a suitable support 120. By

the adjustment of the set screw 119 it is possible 'to regulate the amount of paste which is carried up from the bath upon the edge face of the paste roll and by it transferred (Figs. 3 and 13) to the under marginal pon tion of the foundation strip 53 during the passage of the duplex strip through the heinining device.

liter the severing of the tape by. the ierolving blade 89, the duplex strip is further edranced by the engagement of the forward formed in the cam 1e11 whereby the shifter is moved from a position in line with the paste roll to transfer the duplex strip rearwardly to bring the same into proper position for folding and to make roce; for the next succeeding strip, the transferred strip in its new position being supported upon the tips 1&2 and 113 of a plunger head 11-1 and also upon a stud 115 in the plane of movement of folding arms, the operation of.

which will be later described. y

The plunger head 111 is carried by the upper end of a plunger rod 116 having an ohqset bifurcated lower end 117 which takes over the shaft 21, the plunger being given a periodical vertical reciprocating movement by the engagement of a ioll 143 within the cam groove of the cam 149 (Figs. 12, le and 16). will be observed that the head end of the saine with a cani or mutilated 1411- is provided in its upper face with a re- 11.5 feed roll 121 (Figs. 11, Hand 13) mounted recess between the tips 142 and 143 which upon a shaft 122 journaled within the blocks recess is bridged by the duplex stripafter 123, 123, which are yieldingly held by the its rearward transference by the shifter 133.

35 compression springs 121, 121. Arranged im- Below the plunger head lele atl 150 is pivinedi'ately below the cam feed roll 121 is a oted a folding arm 151 carrying at its up- 12@ friction feed roll 125 carried by the shaft per end a finger 152 having its inner face fiaedly journaled in the uprights 127, at 153 formed as a right angle, the niove- 12?,1 which likewise serve as journal supment of the arm 151 about its pivot causing ports for the bearing blocks 123, 123 of the the nger 152 to travel in an arc to bring shaft122. Upon the front ends of the shafts the concave angular face 153 into engage- 125 1-2 and 126 are mounted respectively intermeshing pinions 123 and 120, and upon the shaft 126 is mounted a sprocket 130 by means ment over the upper corner of the neck form 15-1 which will hereafter be described iii detail. The motion is transmitted to the 

